PORPHYRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does porphyry mean? 

• PORPHYRY (noun)
  The noun PORPHYRY has 1 sense:

1. any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

  Familiarity information: PORPHYRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORPHYRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

porphyritic rock; porphyry

Hypernyms ("porphyry" is a kind of...):

igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma)

Meronyms (substance of "porphyry"):

groundmass ((geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded)

Derivation:

porphyritic ((of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals)